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Michael Young, who spent the majority of his MLB career with the Texas Rangers, is expected to announce his retirement as a professional baseball player on Friday, Jan. 31. The longtime infielder primarily wore jersey number 10 throughout his major league career.

- .300 - Young's career batting average

- 2 - Number of times he led the American League in hits

- 124 - Rank o the career MLB hits leaderboard with 2,375

- 1 - Number of times Young led the American League in batting average (.331 in 2005)

- 7 - Number of time Young was an All-Star

- 185 - Career number of home runs Young hit

So does Young's MLB career warrant inclusion into the Hall of Fame? It might be a bit premature to answer that question, but if you look at his numbers on the whole, they are very impressive, both offensively and defensively. According to baseball-reference.com, Young's batting stats compare most similarly to Ray Durham, Joe Torre, B.J. Surhoff, Alan Trammell, Barry Larkin and Ryne Sandberg.

If Bill Belichick can win both the AFC Championship game this weekend against the Denver Broncos and the Super Bowl game against the eventual NFC Champion, he will eclipse Tom Landry for the most postseason wins by an NFL coach, according to ESPN. Landry boasts a 20-16 win-loss record all-time, while Belichick sits at 19-8 as of this post. Landry was at the helm for two Super Bowl Championships with Dallas, while Belichick led the Patriots to three Super Bowl Championships.

According to the Bradenton Herald, the recent matchup between St. John's and Providence in Big East Basketball featured two teams leading the nation in two separate statistical categories.

The Red Storm have been blocking shots at an average clip of 8.9 blocks per game. Meanwhile, the Friars led the nation in free-throw shooting percentage, dropping shots from the stripe at a clip of 79.7%.

The Friars would wind up topping the Red Storm in the battle between these two stat leaders, in a double-overtime battle.

With Super Bowl XLVIII on the horizon, we'll ostensibly see the best NFC team face the best AFC team for the NFL title. But who was the best team by the numbers for the 2013 season? Who can lay claim to the title of the best team in the NFC........by the numbers?

Offense - 2013 Regular Season

Yards Per Game

1. Philadelphia Eagles, 417.2

2. Green Bay Packers, 400.2

3. New Orleans Saints, 399.4

Total Points

1. Chicago Bears, 445

2. Philadelphia Eagles, 442

3. Dallas Cowboys, 439

Turnovers

1. Seattle Seahawks, + 20

2. San Francisco 49ers, + 12

3. Philadelphia Eagles, +12

Okay, so this is only the top three in each category, but that's all we need to start the conversation. What one team sits in all three categories here? Philly. Were they the best team in the NFC during the regular season? They did win their division. They put up these numbers with two different starting quarterbacks.

Now what if we include the top three teams by win-loss record?

Record

1. Seattle Seahawks, 13-3

2. Carolina Panthers, 12-4

3. San Francisco 49ers, 12-4

So what does that do to our numbers? Now you need to add Seattle into the conversation, because they show up on the turnover list at the top slot, and the record list in the top slot.

Now let's transition over to the defensive side of the ball, but not completely.

Net Points
1. Seattle Seahawks, 186

2. San Francisco 49ers, 134

3. Carolina Panthers, 125

So the net points, obviously are tied closely to win-loss record. Starting to look like we have the right two teams playing for the NFC East Championship.

How about on defense?

Defense - 2013 Regular Season

Points Against
1. Seattle Seahawks, 231

2. Carolina Panthers, 241

3. San Francisco 49ers, 272

Yards Per Game Against
1. Seattle Seahawks, 273.6

2. Carolina Panthers, 301.2

3. Cincinnati Bengals, 305.5Interceptions
1. Seattle Seahawks, 28

2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 21

3. Arizona Cardinals, 20

Sacks

1. Carolina Panthers, 60

2. St. Louis Rams, 53

3. New Orleans Saints, 49

So if you look at these numbers on the whole, who would you say is the best NFC team by the numbers for the 2013 NFL season? I know who I would pick. And they wear the coolest looking uniforms in the league.

Crawford comes over to Golden State from the Boston Celtics where he has been knocking down baskets at a .414 average from the field this season. Since he began his NBA career in 2010-11, after being selected in the first round of the 2010 NBA draft out of Xavier University, Crawford has averaged .404 from the field and .827 from the stripe.

Brooks, who is switching from the number 12 he wore with the Celtics, was a first round draft pick in 2011, traded orginally by Boston to the Nets, and then back to Boston the following season. He has scored 1,133 points over the past three NBA seasons.

According to Elias Sports, the Washington Wizards reeled off twenty unanswered points in their recent victory against the Miami Heat. The Heat had not faced such a large barrage unanswered since December of 2006 against the New Jersey Nets. The Wizards for their part, had not performed such a feat since 1999 when they scored 21 consecutive against the Chicago Bulls.